Sharp shooters: As the men's game focuses on dunking, women are shooting free throws better

No one would ever suggest that women are better basketball players than men. Men are stronger and faster, they jump higher, they are more athletic and physically more talented than women.

"I don't think that has anything to do with it," he said. "If you're down one with two seconds to go, it doesn't matter if it's 10,000 people watching or 1,000 people, the pressure is to want to perform in that moment. I think there's people who handle pressure and those who don't handle pressure."

If basketball players could just emulate Warburton's approach to foul shooting, they'd all be a lot better.

"The way I used to look at it, it's just free points," she said. "It's just me, the ball and the basket. Sure the pressure can be different, depending on the game situation, but it's the same shot every time."

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millerdu, Utah has been 76% from the line over the last 7 games, and was 94%
last weekend.

9:34 a.m. Feb. 14, 2012

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Wayne Rout

El Paso, TX

Ball size is the main thing. Further, it seems to me that the women are more
likely to be ladies and don't let their emotions get out of control as men often
do. One might also add that they don't have a lot of fans behind the goal
trying to
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9:58 p.m. Feb. 13, 2012

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millerdu

PROVO, UT

My take away from this is that the U of U men are the worst free throw shooters
in the state! Nothing new in that!

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